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Additional AH-64Es, UH-60Vs advised by SASC

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, May 23rd, 2019

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The Boeing [BA] AH-64E attack helicopter and the Sikorsky [LMT] UH-60V are the two prominent rotor craft plus-ups in the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) version of the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Bill, S. 1215. In addition to the 48 re-manufactured AH-64D to AH-64E models requested by the Army, the SASC markup recommends $105 million extra for three new build AH-64E Apache Guardians. The committee also advised $203 million for 33 cockpit kit upgrades of the UH-60L to the…

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